Schimäre
German, noun[ʃiˈmɛːʁə]
Schimäre is spelled S-C-H-I-M-Ä-R-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 182,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schimäre is a German feminine noun meaning “chimera (creature of the imagination)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Trugbild, Hirngespinst, leere Wahnvorstellung”.
What does Schimäre mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechimera (creature of the imagination)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Trugbild, Hirngespinst, leere Wahnvorstellung
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Schimäre
- Schimären plural
- Chimäre alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schimäre?
- [ʃiˈmɛːʁə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schimäre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schimäre in German?
Schimäre appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).